Critical thinking clinical reasoning and clinical judgment quizlet

Each represents an important set of processes leading the nurse to sound, evidence-based practice. Critical thinking is the cognitive processes used for analyzing knowledge. Clinical reasoning is the cognitive and metacognitive processes used for analyzing knowledge relative to a clinical situation or specific patient.

The terms critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment are interrelated concepts. Each represents an impor- tant set of processes leading the nurse to sound, evidence- based practice.

Examples of clinical judgement range from the monumental (such as whether to discontinue life-support for a patient on dialysis) to the banal (such as whether to discontinue a telephone call when on hold with nephrology).

Clinical Judgement - definition. An interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs, concerns or health problems, and/or the decision to take action (or not), use or modify standard approaches, or improvise new ones as deemed appropriate by the patient's response.